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Smoked Salmon Crostini

Smoked Salmon Crostini with rye bread, cream cheese and melted butter: a quick, elegant appetizer ready in under 30 minutes.
Recipe Smoked Salmon Crostini
  • Difficulty Easy
  • Preparation 15 minutes
  • Cooking 10 minutes
  • Servings for 6 people

Looking for a smoked salmon aperitivo idea that wins over your guests at first taste? Smoked salmon crostini are the perfect answer: tasty bites that hold all the aromas and contrasts of a flavorful smoked salmon and bread appetizer. They are truly quick and simple to make, perfect if you want an easy smoked salmon appetizer with no cooking and no stress: in just a few minutes you get a result worthy of a gourmet.

To make this salmon crostini recipe you will need fresh, high-quality ingredients: traditional dark rye bread adds a rustic touch and just the right texture, melted butter coats the slices delicately, and cream cheese adds irresistible creaminess. A little lemon zest brings freshness, together with the intense aroma of wild fennel and, of course, the undisputed star: smoked salmon. For an even more aromatic note, you can enrich your chive and salmon crostini for an elegant, fragrant variation.

These cream cheese and salmon crostini are ideal on a large platter for an elegant buffet, but they are also perfect for an aperitivo with friends or to go with the courses of a seafood dinner. They are a tasty choice both for special occasions like Christmas and New Year’s Eve and as an elegant snack at a brunch with friends. What’s more, these are tempting buffet crostini that need no cooking and can be made ahead, leaving you plenty of time to enjoy the party.

If you love salmon variations, we also recommend the tasty Smoked Salmon, Ricotta and Egg Canapés, the irresistible Salmon and Caper Crostini, the surprising Panettone and Salmon Crostini, the elegant Salmon Deviled Eggs or the refined Salmon Mousse. Now find out how to make smoked salmon crostini and add this little big pleasure to your menu.

Ingredients for 6 people

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Method

  1. To make the Smoked Salmon Crostini, start by melting the butter in a water bath. Using a 6-centimeter (2 1/2-inch) round cutter, cut as many rounds of rye bread as you can and arrange them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Brush them with the melted butter and toast them under the broiler on its highest setting, browning them on both sides.
  2. Meanwhile, place the cream cheese, the grated lemon zest and a few sprigs of wild fennel in a bowl and beat everything with an electric mixer until creamy. Take the bread out of the oven, place it on a serving plate and let it cool slightly.
  3. Put the cheese cream in a piping bag, pipe it onto the bread rounds and place a slice of smoked salmon on top of the cream. Garnish with a sprig of wild fennel and serve your Smoked Salmon Crostini. Finally, remember to download our App with exclusive content and fewer ads!

Variations and Alternatives

If you like, you can add other fresh herbs to the cheese cream and, if you love bold flavors, some pink peppercorns too. If you don’t have dark bread, you can replace it with regular sandwich bread, but the flavor will be slightly different.

Tips

To make Smoked Salmon Crostini, we recommend using thinly sliced smoked salmon.

Storage

Smoked Salmon Crostini must be eaten as soon as they are made.

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